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  • image SM 37/1/29

Reference number

SM 37/1/29

Purpose

[2] Survey of the first floor of Black Rod's House, 23 July 1825

Aspect

First floor Plan of the Usher of the Black Rod's House / House of Lords

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: First Floor, Bed Room (twice), Drawing Room, Library and room dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 23 July 1825
    L I Fields / July 23 1825

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (490 x 353)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

The largest room - the drawing room - measures 21 feet 4½ inches by 15 feet 6 inches and has a canted bay on the east side that looked out onto the River Thames. A staircase leads up to an attic storey but there are no surviving plans of this floor at the Soane Museum.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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